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Article #18107Re: 33.6!!!! 28.8 would be nice
From: Steve Barnes
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:00
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In article <8OPfyCA1TemyEwH0@chookang.demon.co.uk>, Alan Choo-Kang <alan@chookang.demon.co.uk> writes > >Ah but a 16550 _is_ a 'fast' UART isnt it. That's what I'm using and so >I should be able to connect at the higher speeds without overruns, >shouldn't I? > >I used to connect at 38400 or 57600 with my old 14.4 using the same >interface (I bought a new serial card), but now that I have bought a >33.6k modem I thought that I would be able to go right up to 115200. I >can use 57600 ok with the 33.6 modem - no overruns. > Could be that your computer can't keep up with the modem/UART? A 33.6k modem should handle a com speed of 115200 ok but if the processor, bus, hard drive, etc can't keep up you will still get overruns, you could try using a good DOS comms program to try running it without the overheads of windows just to see if this works! -- Steve Barnes
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102a94,f2486a16073d181f X-Google-Attributes: gid102a94,public From: Steve Barnes <steveb@sjbcomps.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: 33.6!!!! 28.8 would be nice Date: 1996/11/27 Message-ID: <eAIVyBAcp4myEwjF@sjbcomps.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 201129698 distribution: world x-nntp-posting-host: sjbcomps.demon.co.uk references: <ppxQvCA23NjyEwe5@fpayne.demon.co.uk> organization: S.J.B. Computing Ltd mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: demon.tech.modems